The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1926, Page 4

rage Four TELL OF POLICE TERROR AGAINST PASSAIC UNION) pro we 2 3 arrniven various Pioneer organizations in ee No. 8 (illinois, parts of 11 Workers ‘Held Two Wisconsin, Missouri and Indiana) de- Months No Charge liberated on the situation of the revo- ’ Iitionary children’s movement in this section and laid a firm basis for the NEW YORK, Dec, 9.—Eleven work- | activities of the Pioneer League in the ing men imprisoned two months with: | next period of time, out indictment! Eleven working men This first district convention was beaten and tortured by cruel police} one of the largest, best-represented third degree methods—some of them | ang most successful ever held in this forced to sign papers they ‘could not | country. There were thirty. Pioneer read, false “confessions” which Jersey delegates (13 from organizations in Justice may use against them, Eleven) Chicago and 18 from out-of-town or- men held on such high bail that the | ganizations, such as Milwaukee, St. Passaic textile workers’ union cannot | Louis, Hammon@, Waukegan, etc.), get the amount. Eleven workers held | four representatives of the Workers’ on the fiimsiest charges of bombing—| (ommutnist) Party and the Young with bombs that were only holiday | Workers (Communist) League, and firecrackers. And then most of these |seyen Pioneer leaders, thus making a workers had no connection with even |total of 4fparttétpantts in the con- the firecracker bombs. vention, besides a number of report- Moving Story. ers on special] subjects who were not “Prisoners of the Passaic Strike” is |"eswlar delegates. & moving personal story of these “Young Pioneer Review.” eleven New Jersey working: men. Hol- The convention was opened on the Jace Ransdell tells the stories of their |evening of Friday, Noy, 3, by a arrests and beatings simply and graph plendid Young Pioneer review, a ically, Some of the men were leaders | ‘Welcome convention” affair given by among the striking wool textile work-;the Chicago Young Pioneers in honor ers who have been fighting nearly a|0f the convention. This affair was year. marked by an exceptionally good pro- Some were friends, or had wives |STam and speeches by representatives striking from the mills. Not one could | 0f the party and the league, be mistaken for a criminal. The book-| ~~ Convention Opens. let comes from the joint committee At just noon Saturday the conven- for Passaic defense, organized by the | tion was officially opened by the dis- American Civil Liberties Union and | trict Pioneer director. It then imme- the International Labor Defense, It|diately proceeded to business and appeals for financial aid for the fight | elected the following permanent of- of these eleven working men for free-| ficers: Chairman, Paul Bucha (Ham- dom. mond, Ind); assistant chairman, Natie Goldstein (Sparacus group, Chicago) ; secretary, Paula (Waukegan,’ IIl.); ssistant- secretary, Anna Mittelman Big Defense Needed, “We have enough Tom Mooney and Sacco-Vanzetti cases now,” writes Hollace Ransdell in concluding her | (Lawson School group, Chicago). story. “If energetic action is taken Ruthenberg Greeted with Cheers. Here a scene happened which nq delegate at the convention is likly to forget in a hurry. Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg had just completed his lecture at the Young Workers Com- munist League National Trainiig School, which was held in the same building, and was leaving when the Pioneers caught sight of him and be- gan cheering and demanding that he speak. Comrade Ruthenberg’s ap- pearance on the platform was greeted with long, enthusiastic cheers such as only Pioneers know how te make. The general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party gave the party greetings to the Pioneer convention and pointed to the leading role which the Russian Pioneers of early revolu- tionary days are playing now as an indication of the great tasks that faced the American Pioneers. Trumbull Speaks for National School. Immediately after Comrade Ruthen- berg came Comrade Walter Trumbull of the Young Workers League Na- tional school to give the greetings of at once, another such case may be prevented from developing.” She is secretary of the joint defense com- mittee, with offices at room 14, 743 Main avenue, Passaic, N. J., to which funds should go. Strike prisoner statistics from Pas- saic are printed on the back of the booklet. More than 800 workers ar- rested and arrests still occurring al- most daily; total baij still out, $234,- 000; total bail withdrawn, $130,000; total bail paid, $601,550. Bail de- manded for the eleven men spending their third month in jails awaiting in- dictment is $290,000. Reed Starts Action. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. — Senator Reed of Missouri, has called a meet- ingot his slush fund committee to draft plans for investigating charges of irregularities in the Pennsylvania, Maine and other elections. | PIONEERS FROM ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND INDIANA, SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN CHICAGO | port, eral situation in the district, given by the district Pioneer director. As a consequence of the discussion that followed this report a certain number of requests were framed, to be asked of the party and the league, Valeria Meltz Reports for League. The district organizer’ of the Young Workers’ League, Valeria Meltz, then followed with her greetings and re- After the discussion on this re- port the convention adjourned, to re- assemble early the next day. ‘The adjournment was followed by a sort of joint banquet of the Pioneer delegates and the students of the Young Workers’ League National School. Thirty-nine Pioneers The singing of the International and the mass recitation of the Pioneer pledge preceded the festivities, Reports and Discussions. Early Sunday morning the detailed reports and discussions began and lasted till about 5 p. m. in the after- noon, Lack of space prevents us from giving even the barest details as to those reports and discussions. We must, however, say that for sponta- neity, for concreteness, for correct policies and for a thoro understanding of the problems faced, these reports and discussions (in which practically every Pioneer delegate participated) can bear favorable comparison with any gathering, not only of the chil- dren but even of the youth or of adult workers, The older comrades who were present were simply astonished at the seriousness and effectiveness with which the problems were attack- ed and solved. Unfortunately, we can here merely list the reports and name the reporters: Pioneer Responsibility, by Paul Bucha; Reorganization, by Max Weiss; The Schoo] Struggle, by Tillie Lurye; Child Labor, by Jackie Cohen; The Young Comrade and Press, by Isadore Bernick; Sports Work, by Natie Goldstein; Negro Work, by Jultus Houser; Opponents’ Work, by Martin Miroff; Relief and Defense Work, by Eva Greenspoon, and The Russian Young Pioneers, by Bobby Markoff. As mentioned, each report was followed by a lively and spirited discussion and concluded with the reading of a special resolution pre- pared in the resolutions committee. Representative of Parents’ Council Speaks. After the reports Comrade Segall of the Parents’, Couneil “addressed the delegates. on the relation of the Pioneers to the.children, ‘The national Pioneer department then presented its greetings and the convention proceéded to the election of the Pioneer.members of the Pioneer district committee, This concluded the convention, which adjourned amidst the singing of the International. For those older workers who have (dele- | gates and reporters) participated in |this, along with the students. PAA. RL. BANK FAILURES DUE:T0 ‘FROZEN’ FARM GREDIT, PRESIDENT 1S WARNED WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—“Frozen eredit” In the middie west farm belt, which is blamed for a score of recent bahk failures In iowa, Is “showing every indication of spread- Ing, and unless the situation is cor- rected It will become serious,” Presi- dent Coolidge was informed today by Allen Moore, republican national committeeman from Illinois, who | called at the white house and talked | farm relief with the executive. Moore informed Mr. Coolidge there Is no let-up in the grain belt's de- mands for relief legislation, G. 0, P, SENATORS FEAR VOTE ON SEATING GOULD | Seek to Avoid Action on Resolution WASHINGTON, Dec, 9.—Unexpect- ed republican opposition to a vote on the Walsh resolution ordering an in- vestigation of the bribery charges brought against Senator Arthur R. Gould of Maine provoked sharp de- bate in the senate, Republicans, led by Senator Curtis of Kansas, floor leader, sought to have the resolution referred to the senate elections committee without adopting it. The author, Senator Walsh of Montana, insisted the senate should order the inquiry by a formal vote. Want Tax Reduction. Senate democrats demanded early enactment of tax reduction legislation. At a party conference held in the office of Senator Robinson (D.) “of Arkansas, their leader, the democrats pledged themselves to support the Simmons-Garner plan for passage of a bill permanently slashing taxes all down the line. Muscle Shoals Referred, The controversy over disposition of the government $150,000,000 Muscle Shoals project was reopened when Senator Ernst of Kentucky introduced a bill containing a new bid for the property by a group of New York financiers, headed by C, Bascom, Slemp, former secretary to the presi- dent, The first shot in a battle to with- draw the United States from the world court was taken this afternoon, when Senator Tramell of Florida introduced @ resolution to rescind American ad- herence to the tribulgal. “Experts” in Trial of Hall-Mills Murder Get Big Rakeoff from Case nell SOMERVILLE, N. J., Deo. 9.—The cost of the Hall-Mills murder trial will be at least $150,000; it was esti- mated by special prosecutor Alexan- der Simpson in a = of bills made public here. Outstanding expenses of the trial were $50,000 for handwriting experts and $50,000 for firearms experts, oth- er expenses, ranging from $2,000 to $5,000, were for rint experts and general expenses. of the investi- gators. Bars Insolvent Organjzations, HARRISBURG, Pa., 9. — The state insurance commissioner has an- nounced the revocation of licenses Wall Street in Good Week’s Business. NEW YORK, Dec, 9.—All recent in- WITH THE | ,CONDUCTED = BY TH League Mobilized for Passaic Relief Work NEW YORK CITY, — The Passaic strike at the present time is going thru a crisis. After ten months of fighting these workers are still out and fighting hard, The wages of these workers are very low, We must remember that half of them were young workers and therefore under- paid, These workers need help and we must help them. The strikers’ relief committee is running a bazaar starting on Dec. 11, at Passaic and will last for eight days. The Young Workers League that has played & very important role during the strike must at the present time also do its share. ~~ Our unit of the league that we built in Passaic will have a booth at this bazaar. But most of them are strik- ers and therefore they cannot do enuf in raising articles\ for the bazaar, The whole district must be mobilized for this work during the strike that we are doing our bit. For this every unit in District Two must do the fol- lowing: 1, Elect one in charge that will get the credentials from the district office and be responsible that each member does his bit for collecting things, 2, A house to house collection should be arranged. 3. Your unit should try to go to the bazaar, patronize it and also go there for a good time, 4, Arrangements must be made to ax \\l a that body to the Pioneer convention. Convention Proceeds to Business. The convention then continued its business and elected three commit- always assumed that children are just cute playthings and can do nothing by themselves, but must have every- 18 fraternal insurance organizations, barring them from writing further in- surance in the state, The list includes the Modern Woodmen of America, of vestment records were broken here last week, when almost $250,000,000 in new bonds were absorbed by inves- tors, not including real estate mort- tees, a credentials committee, a greet- ings committee and a resolutions com- mittee. It was immediately decided |by the Pioneers to send greetings to the Russian Pioneers, the Chinese rev- olutionaty movement, the Los Angeles Pioneer convention that was taking j | place at about the same time, and to |Sam Miron, now in the east, who had | been the camp leader in Chicago dur- | ing the last Summer. ; Reports of Pioneer Organizations In District, Mi O R E | The convention then passed on to a consideration of the reports of the va rious Pioneer organizations in the dis- A iE AA = C trict. The reports, one and all, showed the great advance in activity that had taken place in the last period of time and indicated that the Pioneers were really throwing themselves into their proper activities, especially the school struggle. The difficulties were prac- tically everywhere the same: lack of leaders, imperfect co-operation with party and league, lack of headquar- ters, lack of finances, Swabeck Reports for Party. This was followed by the greetings and report of Comrade Arne Swabeck district organizer. let 8" OF th: party. His report of the activities o the party was closely and intelligent; followed by the assembled Pioneers. Report of District Pioneer Director, “After a brief lunch the convention To better lerstand the present sitfhat in the Russian\Corfiunist Party, read the\earlier and now historical differences ex- $1.00 plained in Awakening of Chin: Dolsen LENINISM Lenin on Organization... “Cloth $1.50 vs. Elements of Political Education. By A, Berdnikov and TROTSKYISM BA) POLIO, .ccsosocssscoserevsscceseosenssenesen $1.00 by deans G. E. Zinoviev Woman Worker and the Trade Unions, By Theresa Wolfson, Cloth $1.75 1, Stalin L, Kamenev 20¢ Russia Today Historical Material Bucharin PUBUSHING CQ |}} The Daily Worker Pub. Co. | 1118- Wy Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL. Gmmunist Literatune™ BIVD. CHICAGO, thing done for them, this convention was a revelation. It showed children seriously, but not self-consciously, en- gaged in solving the problems of their organization—the Young Pioneers of America—in the class struggle. No more than two leaders spoke thruout the whole convention, and then only two or three times. The convention was left entirely in the hands of the Pioneers and its manifest success points directly to the fact that the Young Pioneers of America has emerged in Chicago, as in many other parts of the country, as a real fighting movement of proletarian children, not simply an educational organization, but a militant movement of struggle. The Chicago district. has taken its place among the very best districts of the country, Won’t Indict Herrin Sheriff for Murder, Belief After Arrest MARION, Ill, Dec, 9.—With the ge- veral impression prevailing that fac- ional feeling is removed’ from the ase pending against former sheriff ‘eorge Galligan, arrested on a mur- or charge, the chances for an indict- cent on the charge was tegarded ere as slight. Galligan was taken into custody proceeded to hear a report on the gen- | half an hour after he relinquished his office to Sheriff Oren Coleman. A warrant charging him with thee mur- der of Charles Wollard, one of. six slain in a gun battle in Herrin Aug. 30, 1924, was served upon the retir- ing sheriff and he immediately filed a bond of $5,000. Reformatory Inmates Tell Cause of Crimes ALBANY, N, Y., Dec, 9.—When all but 48 of the 900 inmates of Elmira reformatory filled out questionnaires which were submitted to them their own views as to the cause of their crimes and misdoing were revealed. Only 1.33 per cent attributed it*to crime publicity, against which there has been much agitation, while 7 per cent mentioned lack of employment. Twelve per cent thought that their downfall was due to the need of money with which to show the girls a good time,-while~only 11 per cent blamed liquor. Thé largest percent- age, 35, went to’ bail associates, One boy, who perhaps unknowingly concurs with thany penologists, wrote bluntly: "wall mot be beaageed while have no clew as to: the murderer. grders since It ber 6 ® favorite ‘guns ton. voatianenr am auto” Rock Island, Ill, which the commis- sioner asserts is only 55 per cent sol- vent. gage issues. The largest single item was $50,000,000 in bonds of the Stand- ard Oil Co, of New York. BOOTLEGGING, GUN-PLAY, AND OTHER CRIMES CLAIM CHICAGO’S ATTENTION The story of crime conditions in Chicago and its suburbs is a com- pound of tragedy and comedy, lighted with a mixture of grain and wood al- cohol in a more or less poisonous com- Donation. It is a grim story of pro- tected bootleggers with large bank ac- counts, gunmen, murders, machine- guns, chiefs of police, state’s attor- neys, and funerals with flower dis- Plays that cost the underworld some $20,000. It is all starkly grotesque, and is no story to reduce to words of cue syllable for immature readers. ~ First, there is Joe Saltis, South Side beer chief, acquitted of the murder of Johr J. Foley, rounded up at detec- tive bureau on a gun-toting charge, and complaining to Chief of Detec- tives William H, Sch aker and his deputy, John Stege, over the fre- quency of his arrests. “I want it cut out. I’m giving you fair warning,” he tells the detectives, ‘Then several Genna henchmen pick up their stills on Maxwell street and move them to Chicago Heights, with- out asking permission of, the bootleg- gers cf that suburb. The intrusion is resented, and they are warned that if they do not return peacefully to where, they came from they be shipped back in long boxes, and with no flow- ers. But the Genna gang saw them firet. So on May 26, 925, the day before Angelo Genna was killed, John Clappetta, a restaurant keeper of Chi- cago Heights, has an aéiite attack of & bullet and cashes in, The police are continually trying to join the po- lice department, believing evidently in direct action as opposed to repre- sentative government of that depart- ment, Lastly, comes Chief of Police Col- lins with the statement that Chicago has 88 per cent less crime than a year ago. “Crime,” he says, “is not running away with the city.” Which appears to be true—the city and crime continue to occupy the same weographical area, ick riminal Offense! STATE Since then other killings have oc- curred, furnishing a casualty list too long to print. Next, Chief Justice William J, Lind- say of the criminal court scores the Special prosecutors who have for four mouths been trying to find out which of Chicago's or Cicero's gangsters slew Assistant State's Attorney Willlam H, cSwiggin while he was riding in an automobile with kings of the booze world, including one man whom he had once prosecuted for murder—and failed to convict. The judge says that all the special prosecutots are doing is to spend the taxpayer money, Mcirose Park reports half a dozen NEW JERSEY mobilize all the youth organizations in your neighborhood for this work, 5. The comrade in charge should come to the district office and see me |. to get instructions on how to utilize this for propaganda in your neighbor- hood. Novy Mir Masquerade Here Dec. 25. A Russian masquerade for the bene- fit of the Russian ‘Communist weekly Novy Mir, has been arranged for Sat- urday, Dec. 25, at Mirror Hall, 1140 N, Western Ave., near Division street, All friondiy- organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on that date. This Is Good News For Detroit The ladies have arranged a social evening for The DAILY WORKER, A gay, good, sociable and simply stunning selection of the best kind of fun—the best kind of food—and the best kind of crowd of workingmen and women. e The ladies of the Central Women’s Progressive As- sociation have arranged this evening and are charging only 50 cents ad- mission. It sounds im- Possible, but it’s true and will occur at 8 p, m. ° Saturday, December 11 5770 Grandy ' (Cor. Hendrie) ‘Articles! December 11th to 18th 8-DAY BAZAAR Kanbor’s Auditorium 259 Monroe St., Passaic, N. J. Send all articles to: General Relief Committee Textile Strikers, 748 Main Ave., Passaic, N, J., - or Room 612—799 Broadway, New York City, seen - Strikers, Atheists Assn. Against Gypsy Smith Ads. NEW YORK CITY — The follow- ing letter has been sent out by the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Atheism: Dec. 4, 1926, Hon, Harry 8, New, . Postmaster General of the U. S., Washington, D, C, Dear Sir: We desire to report what we be- lieve is a violation of the laws of the post office department, The local post office in Hartsville, S. C., is permitting religious adver- tisements of meetings held by Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, to be displayed in the lobby.. Our representative in Hartsville, Mr, J. R. King, reports that he has received no reply to his letter calling attention to the viola- tion, We respectfully request that you instruct the local postmaster in Hartsville, to comply with the law. If posting advertisements in post of- fices does not constitute a violation of the law, we will gladly avail our- selves of the privilege. Respectfully yours, The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, Inc. Freeman Hopwood, In a statement issued today Mr. Hopwood said that unless the post office officials compelled the Harts- ville post master to remove the reli- gious posters he would issue orders to®branches of the Atheists to post atheistic advertisements in the same manner, Send us the name and address of a@ progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKBR. CHICAGO DANCE Enjoy yourself and have a gloriously good time at the entertainment ar- ranged for The DAILY WORKER and EMPROS our fighting Greek labor weekly, The affair takes place at Bowell Hall, Hull House, at Halsted and Polk St., at 8 p. m. Saturday Dec. 11 The arrangements are all being made by the Chicago Greek Fraction. A splendid orchestra will furnish the music— there will be singing and the refreshments are fit for the most particular palate. It will only cost you fifty cents for the whole evening of glori- ous pleasure,